THE petrol bomb that the UPA has hurled on to the people has become
an opportunity for the Opposition to mount a joint offensive.

Just as BJP chief Nitin Gadkari sounded a war cry at the
party's national executive in Mumbai on Thursday, veteran leader L.
K. Advani gave a call on behalf of the NDA for a nationwide strike
against fuel hike on May 31. Incidentally, the Left parties too have
announced a protest that coincides with the NDA's plans on the last
day of this month.

For the UPA, the latest hike may just prove to be the political
equivalent of the proverbial last straw. The BJP has clearly sensed it
with the party president announcing that the time has come for the
" BJP to come back to clear the mess created by the Congress".
" The Congress is the problem," Gadkari was quoted by the
party general secretary Ravi Shankar Prasad as telling the BJP national
executive, " and the BJP will be the solution". Advani, on his
part, issued a fervent appeal to the people to " unite and
participate" in the all- India protest. " The UPA has suddenly
increased the price of petrol by more than ` 7 which will create further
misery for the people who are

" The government seems to have completely run out of ideas as
far as management of inflation, particularly food inflation is
concerned. In the history of the country, there has never been such a
steep rise on a single day in the price of petrol. The gross
mismanagement of the economy by the UPA is significantly responsible for
this.

The common man will be the biggest sufferer.

To protest against this, the NDA has decided to organise a day-
long protest on May 31," Advani announced.

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